The 43rd Guangdong–Hong Kong Cup was held on 15 and 22 January 2025.

A 23-man final squad for Hong Kong was announced on 21 January 2025.^[1]

• Head coach: Darren Arnott^[2]

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Ng Wai Him	(2002-06-30) 30 June 2002 (age 22)	Southern
18	1GK	Pong Cheuk Hei	(2004-01-31) 31 January 2004 (age 21)	North District
19	1GK	Chung Hoi Man	(2003-01-02) 2 January 2003 (age 22)	Eastern
2	2DF	Clement Benhaddouche	(1996-05-11) 11 May 1996 (age 28)	Suzhou Dongwu
3	2DF	Sung Wang Ngai	(2003-12-02) 2 December 2003 (age 21)	Tai Po
4	2DF	Yu Wai Lim	(1998-09-20) 20 September 1998 (age 26)	Free agent
5	2DF	Alexander Jojo	(1999-02-11) 11 February 1999 (age 26)	Eastern
12	2DF	Chan Yun Tung	(2002-07-07) 7 July 2002 (age 22)	Southern
16	2DF	Tsang Yi Hang	(2003-10-27) 27 October 2003 (age 21)	F.C. United of Manchester Reserves
17	2DF	Yim Kai Cheuk	(2004-12-04) 4 December 2004 (age 20)	Kowloon City
23	2DF	Tsang Lok To	(2005-07-15) 15 July 2005 (age 19)	Vermont Catamounts
6	3MF	Wu Chun Ming	(1997-11-21) 21 November 1997 (age 27)	Lee Man
8	3MF	Wong Ho Chun	(2002-04-02) 2 April 2002 (age 23)	Eastern
11	3MF	Lau Kwan Ching	(2002-05-15) 15 May 2002 (age 22)	North District
14	3MF	Lee Lok Him	(2004-04-18) 18 April 2004 (age 21)	Tai Po
20	3MF	Sohgo Ichikawa	(2004-07-30) 30 July 2004 (age 20)	Southern
21	3MF	Ho Lung Ho	(2004-02-18) 18 February 2004 (age 21)	Kowloon City
7	4FW	Lau Chi Lok	(1993-10-15) 15 October 1993 (age 31)	Rangers
9	4FW	Lau Ka Kiu	(2002-02-10) 10 February 2002 (age 23)	Lee Man
10	4FW	Stefan Pereira	(1988-04-16) 16 April 1988 (age 37)	Southern
13	4FW	Raphaël Merkies	(2002-04-15) 15 April 2002 (age 23)	Southern
15	4FW	Mahama Awal	(1991-06-10) 10 June 1991 (age 33)	Southern
22	4FW	Ma Hei Wai	(2004-02-03) 3 February 2004 (age 21)	Eastern

A 23-man squad for Guangdong was announced on 7 January 2025.^[3]

• Head coach: Christian Lattanzio

No.	Pos.	Player	Date of birth (age)	Club
1	1GK	Ji Jiabao	(2002-09-16)16 September 2002 (aged 22)	Shenzhen Peng City
13	1GK	Peng Peng	(2000-11-24)24 November 2000 (aged 24)	Shenzhen Peng City
14	1GK	Zhao Shi	(1993-03-16)16 March 1993 (aged 31)	Shenzhen Peng City
2	2DF	Zhang Wei	(1993-03-28)28 March 1993 (aged 31)	Shenzhen Peng City
4	2DF	Jiang Zhipeng	(1989-03-06)6 March 1989 (aged 35)	Shenzhen Peng City
5	2DF	Hu Ruibao	(1996-10-17)17 October 1996 (aged 28)	Shenzhen Peng City
15	2DF	Yu Rui	(1992-08-11)11 August 1992 (aged 32)	Shenzhen Peng City
16	2DF	Li Zhi	(1993-07-29)29 July 1993 (aged 31)	Shenzhen Peng City
17	2DF	Chen Yuhao	(2004-08-28)28 August 2004 (aged 20)	Shenzhen Peng City
22	2DF	Zhang Yujie	(2002-03-18)18 March 2002 (aged 22)	Shenzhen Peng City
23	2DF	Yang Yiming	(1995-05-25)25 May 1995 (aged 29)	Chengdu Rongcheng
29	2DF	Wang Qiao	(1995-02-20)20 February 1995 (aged 29)	Shenzhen Peng City
30	2DF	Tian Ziyi	(2001-01-27)27 January 2001 (aged 23)	Meizhou Hakka
7	3MF	Li Ning	(2001-10-20)20 October 2001 (aged 23)	Meizhou Hakka
8	3MF	Zhou Dadi	(1996-02-18)18 February 1996 (aged 28)	Shenzhen Peng City
12	3MF	Zhang Xiaobin	(1993-10-23)23 October 1993 (aged 31)	Shenzhen Peng City
21	3MF	Nan Song	(1997-06-21)21 June 1997 (aged 27)	Shenzhen Peng City
28	3MF	Zhang Yudong	(1992-09-09)9 September 1992 (aged 32)	Shenzhen Peng City
33	3MF	Hou Yu	(2001-01-31)31 January 2001 (aged 23)	Guangzhou
9	4FW	Xia Dalong	(1993-06-17)17 June 1993 (aged 31)	Guangdong GZ-Power
11	4FW	He Shaolin	(2003-02-28)28 February 2003 (aged 21)	Shenzhen Peng City
27	4FW	Behram Abduweli	(2003-03-08)8 March 2003 (aged 21)	Shenzhen Peng City
34	4FW	Shahsat Hujahmat	(2006-07-07)7 July 2006 (aged 18)	Shenzhen Peng City